Starting FSE restore
The fserestore command
To start FSE restore, run the fserestore command on the FSE server. The command performs all steps of the restore process. Common synopsis of the fserestore command is the following:
fserestore
fserestore
The option
When tape is selected as the restore source, by default, the most recent backup image stored on the backup FSE medium is used for retrieval or performing actual restore. Using the option
If either of the options
For additional information on the fserestore command, see the fserestore man page.
Examples of restoring from disk
The FSE restore process will use the backup image stored on the share
C:\>fserestore
The FSE restore process will use the backup image stored on the file system /mnt/backup under the name backup_image_file.tar.bz2 as the restore source. In this example, the FSE server is running on a Linux host:
# fserestore
Examples of restoring from tape
The FSE restore process will use latest backup image stored on tape medium as the restore source. It will use the backup FSE medium loaded in the drive with SCSI ID 0:1:0:0. In this example, the FSE server is running on a Windows host:
fserestore
The FSE restore process will use the third most recent backup image stored on tape medium as the restore source. It will use the backup FSE medium loaded in the drive with control device /dev/sg4. In this example, the FSE server is running on a Linux host:
fserestore
Examples of retrieving backup images from tape
The FSE restore process will not perform actual restore, but will only copy the latest backup image stored on tape medium to the share \\storagedepot\backup_images. It will use the backup FSE medium loaded in the drive with SCSI ID 0:3:0:0, and will report target location of the backup image in the FSE disk buffer. In this example, the FSE server is running on a Windows host:
fsebackup
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